Thiruvananthapuram: The dawn-to dusk hartal called separately by LDF and BJP in Kerala to protest the increase in petrol price partially affected normal life across the state on Thursday. Early reports from different districts said shops remained closed in cities and towns and private buses were largely off the roads. Private vehicles are plying and no violence has been reported from anywhere, police said. The pro-Left transport sector unions have...
10:21 AM, May 24, 2012
Kochi: In a boost to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the ruling Congress-led UDF in Kerala on Wednesday retained the Piravom assembly seat with its candidate Anoop Jacob winning by a margin of 12,070 votes. While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, LDF'S MJ Jacob got 70,686 votes. BJP's KR Rajagopal polled 3241 votes. There were nine candidates in the fray in the March 17...
01:09 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Kochi: Counting for the crucial Piravom Bypoll, which saw a stiff fight between the Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) and CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF), began at 8 am on Wednesday. The counting is being held at the Nirmala Juniors school, Muvattupuzha. The results are expected after 10 rounds of counting. Over 400 police personnel have been deployed for security. A record polling of 86.3 per cent was...
09:38 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A record 85.6 per cent of the electorate voted Saturday in the Piravom Assembly constituency in Kerala, officials said. The by-election follows the death of TM Jacob, the food and civil supplies minister. He was the lone legislator of his Kerala Congress (Jacob), an ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). His son Anup Jacob, 34, is taking on his father's old rival, MJ Jacob of the Communist...
11:24 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader R. Selvaraj on Friday resigned as legislator, taking the party top brass by surprise and fuelling speculation that he was hand in glove with the rival United Democratic Front (UDF). Selvaraj, 63, a two-time legislator, who represented the Neyyattinkara constituency in Thiruvananthapuram district, arrived at Speaker G. Karthikeyan's residence and put in his papers. "I have accepted his resignation because he came to...
04:37 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Kochi: A battle royale is shaping up in the sleepy little town of Piravom near Kochi in Kerala. Though the assembly by-election here on March 17 would see a clash between two rivals who go by the same surname of Jacob, the real fight appears to be between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his predecessor V.S. Achuthanadan. The by-election follows the death of T.M. Jacob, sitting legislator from Piravom and...
02:28 PM, Mar 09, 2012
KOCHI: The Piravom by-election is going to be a litmus test for the ruling UDF government, which is surviving on a slender majority in the 140-member Assembly. Being the first major trial for the Oommen Chandy government after it came to power in May 2011, the UDF is all out for winning the seat. While the UDF government enjoys 70 seats in the Assembly, the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF)...
09:19 AM, Feb 18, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Mother of all dramas was perfectly enacted by the City Corporation councillors on Thursday. The story was woven around garbage and while the first few scenes were directed by the UDF members inside the Council Hall, the LDF added spice and took it to a climax in front of the Chief Ministers residence. The BJP refused to play any role. At the end of the day, the questions...
09:13 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The decision of Kerala's Congress-led UDF government to agree for joint control of the proposed new dam at Mullaperiyar seems to have jeopardised political consensus on the issue in the state with the opposition LDF coming out strongly against the proposal. CPI(M) veteran and opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly VS Achuthanandan on Friday said the idea of tripartite control of the new dam would seriously harm the state's...
02:49 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A human chain stretching over 208 km and across two districts of Kerala was formed on Thursday to press the state's demand for a new dam to replace the 115-year-old leaking Mullaperiyar masonry dam, said an organiser from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). This was the second longest human chain ever formed in the state. Over 30 lakh Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists on Oct 2, 2009, formed...
06:09 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Idukki/New Delhi: Keeping up the tempo over the Mullaperiyar issue, top leaders of Kerala's ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition CPI(M)-led LDF visited the dam, pledging support to ongoing protests in the area demanding construction of a new dam in place of the 116-year-old structure. Though the UDF and LDF teams visited the area separately, they told reporters that there was no difference between them on the core demand on the...
12:53 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Idukki: With a by-election to the Kerala assembly to be held soon, Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Wednesday said his Left Democratic Front (LDF) will raise funds from the people to build a new Mullaperiyar Dam. "The time is up and the LDF is prepared to raise the entire money from the people to build a new dam. We will raise the entire money if neither Tamil Nadu or...
12:15 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Thiruvananathapuram: Kerala's opposition Left on Thursday shouted slogans demanding the ouster of Forest Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar and government chief whip P.C. George for what they said were insulting remarks against their members last week. After Speaker G. Karthikeyan failed to give the nod for an adjournment motion moved by former Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, leader of opposition V.S. Achuthanandan said to protest the government's action of not ousting the...
03:47 PM, Nov 03, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Despite the virulent criticism unleashed by the Opposition LDF, the UDF Government ensured R Balakrishna Pillais release on Tuesday, as he was given a two-month remission on his one-year jail term. Pillai, however, will continue his stay in the specialist hospital here forafew more days and is likely to go abroad for further treatment. The release from judicial custody turned out to be an occasion ofsmallrelief for Pillai, as Opposition...
12:17 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was on Tuesday freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day. The release orders were handed over by the Central Prison officials in Thiruvananthapuram to 78-year-old Pillai at a private hospital in the city where he had been shifted for treatment about...
10:43 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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